With the launching date of hull #1 slated for Feb/Mar 2009, J/Europe pulled out all the stops to create a J/97 “Preview” display at the Pari...
J Boats Leadership Award
At the annual J/44 awards party held at New York Yacht Club last month, Jim Bishop of New York, NY was presented the 2008 J Boats Leadership...
Testimonial - Buying a New J/105
Chris & Carolyn Groobey have been racing their J/105 JAVA in the very competitive Annapolis fleet on Chesapeake Bay for over 10 years. L...
J/80 One-Design Racing in China
Eight teams from eight countries participated last week in the first International J/80 Invitational Regatta in Xiamen, China hosted by J Bo...
Chestress 2 Wins Middle Sea Race
Giancarlo Ghislanzoni and his J/133 team scored a victory in Class 3 and a second place Overall in the 2008 Rolex Middle Sea Race recently c...
Introducing Two New J/s for 2009!
The new J/95 (31.2') not only sails in as little as 3' of water, it will sail circles around other modern "pretty" retro-d...
J/122 is RORC Yacht of the Year
Philippe Delaporte’s PEN AZEN was recently named the 2008 Yacht of the Year by the Royal Ocean Racing Club. Delaporte was recognized for his...
J/122 Repeats at Rolex Big Boat Series
Dave Kirby of Manhattan Beach, CA sailed his J/122 TKO to a second straight win at the Rolex Big Boat Series hosted by St. Francis Yacht Clu...
New J/105 Champion Crowned
Scott Sellers and his crew on DONKEY JACK emerged victorious at the 2008 J/105 North American Championship held recently on San Francisco Ba...
J/44 wins NORT honors
After finishing 2nd in class and 6th in fleet in the Stamford Vineyard Race last week, Lenny Sitar’s J-44 VAMP was named the overall winner ...
Fisher wins 2008 J/22 Worlds
Rochester, New York . . . . Greg Fisher of Annapolis, MD prevailed over 103 other J/22 teams from around the globe at the J/22 World Champi...
104 J/22s on One Starting Line
The J/22 Class celebrates its 25th birthday this week at the Ultimate Marine Group J/22 World Championship, taking place in Rochester, New Y...
2008 Skandia Cowes Week
J owners were out in force (accounting for 10% of the 900+ entries) at 2008 Skandia Cowes Week, the pinnacle event of the UK sailing season....
J Rendezvous DownEast
The J Rendezvous DownEast in Camden ME was a great success with 24 boats participating from a J/28 to a J/46. Everyone got prizes. Gary Benn...
Herlihy wins J/109 NA’s at NYYC Rolex
It would be hard to find a tougher test of racing skill than at the 2008 New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex. 120 bo...
J/122 SKYE Wins in Mac Race Debut
Some call the Chicago-Mackinac Race one of the most difficult distance races to win. It’s a 333 mile sprint from the southern end to norther...
100th Chicago-Mac Race Preview
On the eve of the 100th Chicago-Mac Race, a record size 439 boat fleet is preparing for the 333 mile classic. J/109 owner Rob Zerban of Keno...
Spaniard Crowned J/80 World Champion
J/80 sailing has exploded in Spain over the last two years, and the Spanish have shown just how quickly they’ve mastered the boat. After a n...
J/80 Worlds Preview
64 teams from 12 countries will be competing this coming week at the Tutima 2008 J/80 World Championship in Kiel, Germany. Never before have...
J-Racing around the Isle of Wight
On the morning of the JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race 2008, the day dawned with overcast skies and a nice 10-12 kt SW breeze...
J’s Fly Uphill to Bermuda
Imagine 3 to 4 days of sailing upwind in big chop, shifty winds, large current eddies, and with folks back home second-guessing your every c...
J’s are 55% of Block Island Fleet
Block Island Race Week has been a magnet for J sailors for years and 2008 was no exception. While overall regatta enrollment was down from p...
J/24 Worlds Go Italian
Andrea Casale of Italy didn’t have to sail the last race to win the 2008 J/24 World Championship. In fact none of the fleet left port as sto...
Record J Fleet to Bermuda
The Newport waterfront is rapidly filling with boats in preparation for next week’s 2008 Newport to Bermuda Race. A record 46 of the 198 boa...
Helen C. Johnstone, Sailor
Helen C. Johnstone, 47, an outgoing, caring and much loved member of the J Boats sailing family from Newport RI, died during an outing on t...
2008 Northeast J/Cruise
J owners will be gathering in picturesque Camden, Maine over the weekend of August 1-3 for some fun sailing and socializing, downeast style ...
New J/105s are Coming
The first boat is out of the mold and assembly is underway for the new 2009 model J/105 at the US Watercraft facility in Portsmouth, RI. It’...
J Update from Pacific Northwest
J sailors are already well into the season in the Pacific Northwest and collecting some serious silver as well. In the season opener, the ne...
32 Boats at J/109 UK Nationals
The J/109 class set an attendance record last weekend as 32 boats raced for the UK National Championship, all part of J-Cup 2008 hosted by t...
J/Sailing in the Block Island Race
For J/ Owners it was a Memorial Day weekend of fun and challenging racing during Storm Trysail Club's Block Island Race, a 190nm course ...
J-Cup 2008 Underway on the Solent
A record turnout of 75 J/Boats are racing at J-Cup 2008 this weekend on the Solent in the UK. The featured class is a huge 32 boat J/109 fl...
New J/24 "no sink" Interior
The newest 2008 model J/24 is literally "no sink." The aft lockers, v-berth platform and hanging lockers are enclosed with waterti...
Zaleski Brothers win J/24 Nationals
Chris and Waldek Zaleski, aboard their J/24 TWINS (#5259) have done it again. For their seventh consecutive major J/24 regatta, TWINS prevai...
2008 Yachting Cup.....San Diego
40% of the 117 boat fleet at this year’s Yachting Cup were J’s with the J/105 class leading the way with 25 entries. Bill Logan and his tea...
“We peaked at 17.2 knots”
Hamilton, Bermuda....the Wednesday night mixed-racing fleet had quite the ride this week, as strong spring winds blew across the island. Jon...
J Owners on the Podium in Antigua
Nelson’s Dockyard, Antigua .... It was a week of great competition on the water and lively parties ashore - another fine edition of Stanford...
First Launched for the Season
Is there a better display of the "Boats for People who Love to Sail" mantra at J Boats than this May 6th picture of the J/105 Flee...
J/122 Class debuts at AYC Spring Regatta
It was “spring” in name only at the American Yacht Club Spring Regatta as blustery, wet conditions forced sailors to keep out the winter fro...
J/125 Reinrag 2 Streaks to Cabo
The Garnier's J/125 Reinrag 2 from Portland, OR scored yet another offshore class win (and a second overall!) at the recently completed ...
Js Sail Fast @ Rolex International
Winning four of the seven handicap classes, J/Boat sailors were having more than just fun at the Rolex International regatta in St. Thomas.,...
Pellissier Wins J/80 Class @ Spi-Ouest
In the Bay of Quiberon off of La Trinite, France no less than 79 J80s arrived for the Easter weekend of the 30th annual Spi Ouest Regatta in...
J/122 Wins Culebra Regatta
Jamie Dobbs and his new J/122 Lost Horizon II followed up their recent win at the St. Maarten Heineken regatta with another convincing win ...
